Spring Fair / The Five Lamps Arts Festival & market

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Spring Fair / The Five Lamps Arts Festival & market

April 19 @ 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Starting at 11 am and finishing at 6 pm.
The Mud Island members will be back with their stalls, There will be loads of activities for children and a few artists’ performances.

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KIDOKA OKO DOKA
11am

Kidoka Oko Doka, which means “Resilience, Be Resilient” in Lingala, is a series of African traditional dances with live drumming and percussion, expressing the spirit of resilience in adversity.  Incorporating community based outfits, face painting of jungle animals and vibrant connection through African ancestral rhythms from Kongo Kingdom and culture, the result is an incredible interactive show.

CWU BAND
12pm

Ireland’s last remaining trade union Brass and Reed Band, the Communications Workers Union Band, was founded by postal workers before 1916, losing its instruments in the Easter Rising. For over a century, it has been central to trade union marches and commemorations, evolving with the labour movement.

 

O GRANDE PEQUENO CIRCO
12pm to 1pm

O Grande Pequeno Circo (The Great Little Circus) is a Lambe-Lambe theatre piece telling the story of a debut artist through a small puppet performance. Lambe-Lambe theatre is a miniature format staged inside a small box, presenting short stories to very small audiences and creating an intimate connection between artist and spectator.

RICHARD KANE
12pm to 4pm

Richard has been performing as a clown since 2010. He is influenced by the silent comedians of early cinema and the anarchic style of 1980s alternative comedy. Richard also has a strong passion for the Irish language and performs as Gaeilge along with English.

Clown show

 

CLOWN WALKABOUT
1pm to 3.30pm

Clown Walk About Angelica Clown engages the audience through spontaneous interaction, juggling and object balance. She is a clown, director and early years practitioner, blends theatre, circus and clowning to explore humanity’s absurdity, purpose, fears and desires

 

BRICI
2pm to 6pm

The Imagination Playground is a breakthrough play space concept designed to encourage child-directed free play. The premium quality big blue foam blocks of various shapes – squares, channel chutes, balls, connectors and more – enable children to have hours of fun.

A picture with Three puppets with the name Custard Pie, Punch and Judy

 

CUSTARD PIE THEATRE
2.15pm to 3.15pm

A unique Dublin twist on Punch and Judy, this family-friendly show follows a mischievous Mr. Punch whose failed attempts at chores lead to hilarious run-ins with the Gardaí. A fun-filled, must-see performance for all ages!

 

THE YOUKAI
3.30 pm to 4.30 pm

Lost between her deepest desires and the need to return to her origins, the Youkai, a Snow Woman as a force of nature personifiedwanders in search of human contact, seeking a ‘North’ or an anchor in this state of existence and presence.

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